This is the work-around for many of the 3Com NICs, but I don't think
that it can be done on the 905. I have never been able to find a setup
disk for them. In the 3C905 FAQ, in the section on changing IRQ's, it
says to do it directly in the BIOS.
Kenny
Vince McHugh wrote:
>
> Dear Ken;
>
> I had a similar problem when setting up a Solaris 7
> install on an Intel platform. A possible work around
> is boot the box into DOS mode (the Win98 setup disk
> does this job admirably) and then use the 3COM setup
> or config utility to manually set up the parameters of
> the card. This worked on the Solaris/Intel install. I
> would be interested in hearing any feed back on if or
> how it has worked on a Linux install.
>
> Regards,
> Vince McHugh
> Systems Support Manager
> NECS\Canon
>
> --- "Kenneth E. Lussier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> > I didn't see Bill's post about 3Com NIC's, but a
> > word of caution: Stay away
> > from the 3C905's. They are a PITA, and unlike all of
> > the other 3C cards,
> > you can't boot off of a floppy and assign the IRQ
> > and I/O addresses. So, if
> > you have 2 NIC's that both want IRQ 11 and I/O
> > address 0xdc800, then you
> > have a conflict, and it's a pain to fix it!
> >
> > C-Ya,
> > Kenny
> > At 06:24 PM 3/17/01 -0500, Tom Rauschenbach wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > >I've ordered an EtherFast 10/100 8 port hub for
> > $59.99. It's shipping UPS
> > >ground so I have time to get NICs. Many thanks to
> > Bill Freeman for
> > >recomending
> > >3COM NICs; I'll look for them.
> > >
> > >I've been looking at DSL options for my town and it
> > turns out that there might
> > >be some. I'll keep notes on what I learn. I'm
> > pretty pumped about this LAN
> > >project, and I'd love to hear stories about NFS and
> > Windows machines.
> > >
> > >TomR
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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